People,Places and Things

Published Thursday November 22, 2012 at 6:00 am

ALBANY, N.Y. — The author of a book that was turned into one of the longest-running musicals on Broadway has donated his papers to the upstate New York college he credits with nurturing his writing talents.

Novelist Gregory Maguire was at his alma mater Tuesday to hand over his personal papers to the University at Albany, including the first 30 handwritten pages of “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West.”

The book has sold five million copies and was turned into the musical “Wicked,” which began its Broadway run in 2003.

Maguire grew up near the Albany campus and graduated from the local university in 1976. His papers join an archives collection that includes the work of other Albany authors, including Pulitzer Prize winner William Kennedy.

Rolling Stone revealed the album cover on its website Wednesday. Hendrix recorded the songs apart from the Jimi Hendrix Experience as he considered new, experimental directions for his follow-up to “Electric Ladyland.” He plays keyboards, percussion and a second guitar on the album.

LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors have decided not to file any charges against Justin Bieber after investigators found no evidence that the pop star had kicked and punched a photographer after leaving a movie theater, a document obtained Wednesday states.

Prosecutors had been asked by police to consider filing a misdemeanor battery charge against Bieber, but Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigators found no visible injuries, video or photographs to confirm the allegations by the photographer. Bieber, 18, was leaving the theater in suburban Calabasas with girlfriend Selena Gomez on May 27 when he had the encounter in a parking lot.

A doctor found only superficial injuries, and deputies observed no injuries on the man after the incident, the document states. Authorities interviewed several witnesses but none reported seeing Bieber kick the man, and they noted that the photographer kept taking photos as the two singers left the location.

BANGOR, Maine — Two news co-anchors for a Maine television station shocked viewers and colleagues by quitting on the air. Cindy Michaels and Tony Consiglio announced their resignations at the end of Tuesday’s 6 p.m. newscast on WVII.

The two didn’t give specific reasons on the air for their sudden departure. Consiglio said that while they enjoyed reporting the news, “some recent developments have come to our attention, though, and departing together is the best alternative we can take.”

Michaels said she and Consiglio were “are very sorry for having to say goodbye for now, but we’ll still be around.” She plans to pursue a writing career and paint, and Consiglio said he would continue his career “in a different capacity.”

Their boss said Wednesday they had been on their way out the door anyway. “Sometimes people leave before they’re officially told to leave,” said Mike Palmer, station vice president and general manager. He declined to discuss issues that may have caused disagreements.

Both former anchors reported after their last newscast that they were frustrated with management and cited a dispute over journalistic practices. Consiglio, 28, started with WVII as a sports reporter in April 2006. Michaels, 46, was the news director and spent six years at the station.